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Shamans, nostalgias, and the IMF : South Korean popular religion in motion

Presents a study of contemporary Korean shamanism. This book describes how gods and ancestors articulate the changing concerns of clients and how the ritual fame of these transactions has itself been transformed by urban sprawl, private cars, and zealous Christian proselytizing.Read more...

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Shifting intellectual terrain: superstition becomes culture and religion --
Memory horizons: kut from two ethnographic presents --
Initiating performance: Chini's story --
The ambiguities of becoming: phony shamans and what are mudang after all? --
Korean shamans and the spirits of capitalism --
Of hungry ghosts and other matters of consumption --
Built landscapes and mobile gods.

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Laurel Kendall.

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Demonstrates Laurel Kendall's rigorous and masterful observation that the aboriginal belief system and its practices can serve as a lens through which we can see modernity and social life as they continually unfold in South Korea. [This book] is a paragon of work written by a mature ethnographer having built a long-term engagement in the field, in this case in exploration of issues relating to Korean religion and modernity.-- "Anthropological Quarterly" [Kendall's] book, which will remain authoritative for years to come, will be one of the first read by scholars and students of Korean religions and Korean shamanism.-- "Journal of Religion" A tour-de-force of cultural specificity, narrative sophistication and historical insight. . . . Kendall's account is most remarkable for capturing the last quarter century of Korean development history, while relying almost solely on the prognostications and performances of a handful of spirit mediums. . . . Most notable perhaps is Kendall's seamless integration of 30 years of fieldwork and research into a meaningful, and almost timeless, narrative. Her book will be an invaluable source for students and scholars of globalization and folk religion in Korea and throughout the greater Pacific.-- "Pacific Affairs" Demonstrates Laurel Kendall s rigorous and masterful observation that the aboriginal belief system and its practices can serve as a lens through which we can see modernity and social life as they continually unfold in South Korea. [This book] is a paragon of work written by a mature ethnographer having built a long-term engagement in the field, in this case in exploration of issues relating to Korean religion and modernity.-- "Anthropological Quarterly" [Kendall s] book, which will remain authoritative for years to come, will be one of the first read by scholars and students of Korean religions and Korean shamanism.-- "Journal of Religion"Read more...